Friday, 18 January 2013

Tea Guest: A Healthy Dose Of Food-Based Film In Your Life

Introducing a Guest post from a friend of The Secluded Tea Party, the lovely Adam Barker, a fellow food lover and film fanatic -He has an interesting outlook on films!

Over to Adam...

Being a massive film fan I’ve always looked to them for
advice. I know that sounds a little bit silly, but it’s true. I trust films;
they help me out when I need help. If I’m feeling
down I can put on a comedy to snap me out of it, If I’m feeling scared
or
worried I can put on a cheerful film to put my mind at rest and so on.
Films have this ability to give you everything you need for every part
of
your daily life, a little like the three main food groups!

OK, stick with me here, after all Miss Sue Flays' blog is all about
food and all.

Let me explain how getting the right balance of film into your
daily life can improve your appreciation for the art form. Let’s have a quick
reminder of the Three main food groups shall we?

·Carbohydrates:
Involves sugars and starch. Releasing slow energy to the body in order
to keep going. Too many carbs and not enough exercise can turn to fat
and
that’s not good - You need to find the right balance.

·Fats:
A healthy balance of fats is good to keep your body warm as it stores most of
it. As we all know too many saturated fats can be dangerous &
extremely bad for you. Not something to indulge in.

·Proteins:
Your fuel. Needed to keep your body in good condition. Not enough fuel
can leave you weak, a little like not putting enough petrol into your car. Your
body needs enough daily protein to keep steady, but too much can be considered
unnecessary and indulgent to some.

I’m not a health expert so excuse to blatant blagging, if you are offended by a fat man’s attempt to explain the
nutritional values of food then I apologise, I got most of it off Google.

Right, that out of the way, I hear you ask “What are you talking about you strange
little man?” Well, let me explain my reasoning for this post. Like the three
groups written above, you need a decent balance of them in your daily life to
fully reap the benefits from them. The same could be said about films in
general.

Below is the three films grouping that you should all take note of
and apply to your daily life.

Carb
Films: These Films involve lots of sugary scenes and starchy
characters.
The film usually involves lots of energetic moments released throughout,
without much build up. This would include lots of “Action Movies” and
“Horror Movies”. Characters that are often poorly described and filled
out with
chunks of dialogue to bridge to gap to the next energetic chase scene or
fight
scene. Too much of these types of films can cause your brain to be
accustomed
to undeveloped plot points, characters and predictable narrative. Over
time if
you only indulge in "Carb Films" then your film health could be damaging.

·Fatty
Films: These Films involve lots of warmth, cosiness and comforting. Most of
these films will give you a nice dose of turn your brain off, sit back and
enjoy cheesiness. You will experience lots of cheesy expedition, corny dialogue
and feel good scenarios that will leave you content and happy for a short
period. This would include “Laugh out Loud Comedies” and “Romantic Comedies” as
well as “Chick Flicks”. Often used as a source of comforting, too much "Fatty
Films" exposure can completely ruin your film health. If indulged too much, then
your brain and imagination will begin to believe that every relationship has a
happy ending, every best friend who is a guy will be the perfect boyfriend, every trip to the airport will result in a romantic embrace and Hugh Grant is
indeed your dream man. Take these films carefully. Have a healthy balance else
your film health will suffer and then delusion can easily creep in.

·Pro
Films: Everybody needs a good dose of "Pro Films" in their film diet. These
films will involve a lot of brain teasing questions, intelligent and thought
provoking situations and clever twists to keep you going. The sort of films
involved in this would be “Edge of your Seat Thrillers”, dramas as well as
the odd documentary. These films are used as a source of informative
stimulant, much needed entertainment that keeps your brain going long after the
film is over. Not enough of these types of films can cause your film health to
be weak and struggle to appreciate the art of film to its fullest. But be
careful, as too much can also cause you to become a film snob and potentially a
pompous film goer, not allowing anybody else to express their opinions and
causing you to suddenly fall out of love with film entertainment and maybe begin
to resent them.

So
hopefully with a healthy balance of all three groups you
can begin to love and enjoy lots of different types of film. Use this
next time you’re planning to watch a film. Sit down and see what sort of
fix you
need. Don’t be afraid to try new things and indulge yourself from time
to time.
But remember if you sit down and watch a marathon of Michael Bay films,
why not balance it out with a healthy dose of Paul Thomas Anderson
films - you may just start to improve your film health.

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- This is not an advertisement or paid blog post, it's purely support
and love for fellow bloggers and business people that I allow them to
post a "Guest Blog" post onto The Secluded Tea Party Blog. I love the
diversity it brings and allows my lovely friends and followers to see
and meet other passionate people who have the same love of tea, cake,
blogging and business that I do.

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